REASSURANCE: The US said Taiwan’s interests would not be harmed during the talk and that it remains steadfast in its support for the nation, the foreign minister said
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would bring up Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) during a meeting on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in South Korea this week.“I will be talking about Taiwan [with Xi],” Trump told reporters before he departed for his trip to Asia, adding tha
The US said it held “very constructive” discussions with China after the first day of trade negotiations in Malaysia, as US President Donald Trump began his trip to the region.Chinese and US officials met in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a new round of talks aimed at defusing a standoff between the wor
Taiwan’s first African swine fever (ASF) case has been confirmed and would soon be reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), Minister of Agriculture Chen Junne-jih (陳駿季) yesterday.The Ministry of Agriculture’s Veterinary Research Institute yesterday completed the analysis of sampl
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul plans to meet US President Donald Trump today in Malaysia and sign a peace declaration with Cambodia overseen by the US leader, proceeding with his overseas travel amid funeral arrangements for the Thai queen mother.The death yesterday of Thai Queen Mother Sir
SECURITY: DPP and KMT legislators proposed national security amendments to close legal loopholes, enhance safeguards and prevent the leaking of sensitive information
Legislators across party lines have proposed amendments to the National Security Act (國家安全法) to prevent potential Chinese infiltration and safeguard the nation’s democratic system.Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers, including Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄), Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷) and Wang Mei-hui (
PEACE AND STABILITY: Maintaining the cross-strait ‘status quo’ has long been the government’s position, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
Taiwan is committed to maintaining the cross-strait “status quo” and seeks no escalation of tensions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday, rebutting a Time magazine opinion piece that described President William Lai (賴清德) as a “reckless leader.”The article, titled “The US Must Bewa
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech yesterday, pledged to further accelerate Japan’s military buildup and spending, and complete an early upgrade of the country’s security strategy as tensions rise with China, North Korea and Russia.Takaichi took office on Tuesda
US President Donald Trump announced he is ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing US tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called “egregious behavior” aimed at influencing US court decisions.The social media post came on Thursday night after Canadian Pr
A study by Taiwanese and Japanese researchers has found that video games translated into local languages can boost sales revenue in those markets by as much as 12.1 percent, the first research to offer concrete evidence of how translation supports international trade.While translation is known to lo
People can preregister to receive their NT$10,000 (US$325) cash distributed from the central government on Nov. 5 after President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday signed the Special Budget for Strengthening Economic, Social and National Security Resilience, the Executive Yuan told a news conference last
READY TO GO: The act would help Taiwan procure arms with asymmetric warfare capabilities, such as those that are shelf-ready and fast to produce, a military official said
The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday approved a draft bill designed to enhance Taiwan’s military capabilities and diplomatic ties with the US.The Providing Our Regional Companions Upgraded Protections in Nefarious Environments Act, or PORCUPINE Act, would streamline the process
FRESH LOOK: A committee would gather expert and public input on the themes and visual motifs that would appear on the notes, the central bank governor said
The central bank has launched a comprehensive redesign of New Taiwan dollar banknotes to enhance anti-counterfeiting measures, improve accessibility and align the bills with global sustainability standards, Governor Yang Chin-long (楊金龍) told a meeting of the legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday
A ban on transporting and slaughtering pigs would last at least 15 days after African swine fever was detected at a Taichung hog farm, as that is the incubation period for the virus that causes the disease, Minister of Agriculture Chen Junne-jih (陳駿季) said yesterday.The ministry would check for new
The EU yesterday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to US President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry.Russian officials and state media dismissed the Western measures, saying they are largely ineffective.The sanctions are intended as
More than 600 people fled one of Myanmar’s most notorious scam centers and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official said yesterday, after a military raid on the compound.Sprawling compounds where Internet fraudsters target people with romance and business cons have thrived along Myanmar’s l
POSSIBILITIES: With increased defense spending next year, Taiwan could seek tech related to Lai’s proposed ‘T-Dome’ project, the head of a US business group said
The US government is expected to release new guidelines to help expedite transfers of defense technology to its partners, including Taiwan, the head of the US-Taiwan Business Council said on Tuesday.The revisions to defense and state department guidelines seek to expedite “consideration and then rel
STRICT: African swine fever cannot pass from animals to humans, Lai said, adding that the government is employing the most stringent disease-prevention standards
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday issued a five-day nationwide ban on transporting and slaughtering pigs after African swine fever was confirmed at a hog farm in Taichung’s Wuci District (梧棲) on Tuesday evening.The detection means Taiwan has lost its status as the only Asian country free of clas
CONCESSION: A Shin Kong official said that the firm was ‘willing to contribute’ to the nation, as the move would enable Nvidia Crop to build its headquarters in Taiwan
Shin Kong Life Insurance Co (新光人壽) yesterday said it would relinquish land-use rights, or known as surface rights, for two plots in Taipei’s Beitou District (北投), paving the way for Nvidia Corp to expand its office footprint in Taiwan.The insurer said it made the decision “in the interest of the nat
The military is to consider medical records and body mass index (BMI) in addition to a traditional physical examination when determining if a man of conscription age is eligible for an exemption from military service, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday.Ministry officials said they would tou
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